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May 25, 2012

http://twitter.com/tomwyborn/statuses/206087954987352064

tomwyborn: New Favourite App: Microsoft Garage Mouse without Borders http://t.co/YJRiOJFf

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hr9p5dm_KF0

U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet.

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http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6084/971.full

The House last week blocked the Department of Defense from buying more costly substitutes for petroleum-based fuels. The ban, if enacted, would not only throw a monkey wrench into the military's plans to go green but also stunt commercial development of a homegrown source of transportation fuel.

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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/05/24/3265614/coastal-nc-counties-

State lawmakers are considering a measure that would limit how North Carolina prepares for sea-level rise, which many scientists consider one of the surest results of climate change.

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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-puc-solar-20120525,0,410

California is poised to more than double its targeted electricity output from rooftop solar panels. The state Public Utilities Commission tweaked its rules to authorize an increase in the number of residential, commercial and government buildings that can participate.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304840904577423

Beijing mounted a spirited response to U.S. efforts to impose tariffs on China's solar-panel industry, with officials accusing Washington of illegally helping its domestic industry and Chinese solar companies teaming up to fight the levies.

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/24/once-rare-butterfly-now-abun

Man-made climate is threatening the existence of many species, such as the giant polar bear. But in the case of the small drab British butterfly, it took a species in trouble and made it thrive.

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http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/early-season-heat-wave-for-memori

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, but a large swath of the U.S. will skip right to mid-summer heat this weekend, likely breaking records and leading to one of the hottest Indy 500 races on record.

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http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/05/25/environment-pine-beetles-add

As if millions of acres of dead forests aren’t enough, the waves of bark beetles spreading across the West may also be contributing to increased air pollution in the region.

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http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2179841/decc-slashes-22gw-solar

Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has been accused of underplaying the impact of the next wave of cuts to the solar power subsidy, just hours after the government's latest reforms to the feed-in tariff scheme won widespread praise from across the industry.

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